The second edition of the Nitrocross Cup will be held on the MAC Brombachsee track on the 8th and 9th of September. Formerly planned to taking place at the RCC Coesfeld club the race had to look for a new home because of organisational reasons, with the Brombachsee club happy to step in. The race will be held in 1/8th Buggy and Truggy classes and more information can be found here.
The 2018 EFRA 1/8th Nitro Buggy European Championships B were held at the Barcooff track in Barco, Italy over the weekend. Marco Ravaglia secured himself the overall TQ after the qualifiers with Mattia Polito taking 2nd. Behind the two Andrea Trevisan came in 3rd from Eliot Marcon, who also had the pace to snatch the overall TQ, having to settle for 4th. In the 45-minute main final however it was Mattia Polito who would score a popular win some 26 seconds in front ofGiuseppe Tescione on the runner-up spot. Patrick Auvinet Jr. lead a strong group of drivers that was only a lap behind the top 2 with Joachim Kallen, Niko Flamini, Marco Orlando and Eliot Marcon all scoring 72-laps runs. Alessandro Castoldi, Maxime Noble and Dario Gabrielli came in 8th to 10th respectively only two laps down on the leader. Gianmarco Franzolini and Giovanni Camamo rounded out the top 12 with 70 laps, highlighting the very high qualify of the field. In 13th, Alexander Schmitt scored the only DNF of the A-main.
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Coming from SWorkz is a blue colour suspension insert set for all S35-3 based vehicles. The set includes all front and rear upper and lower inserts as well as caster clips and a range of other plastics that help to add visual impact to the chassis, ensuring cool looks and especially when matched with blue-toned body shell designs.
The second round of the Finnish 1/8th Off-road Championship was held in Vantaa recently. The race was held at the Fullspeed RC track that recently received a new layout and it attracted many fast drivers such as Joona Haatanen, Ari Heinonen, Joseph Quagraine, Max Mört, Pekko Iivonen and many more. The track will host the 2018 Nordic Championships later this year and its layout was praised by many of the drivers for its required precision and car setup. In the 1/8th Nitro class the race for the TQ was on between Ari Heinonen, Lauri Ruotsalainen and Joseph Quagraine with the better end for Ari who ultimately managed to take the TQ.
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Coming from 175RC are their new 3x8mm titanium High Load motor screws. The feature CNC machined titanium screws and lightweight anodised aluminium washers that will provide a more secure hold on the motor. Each package includes two titanium screws and two anodised aluminium washers in black, blue, red, orange, grey, green, purple, gold, pink or silver colour.
View the other colour variants here
Made for all HB Racing D817, D815 and RGT8 based kits are T-Works’ new carbon fibre A-arm stiffeners. The CNC-machined add-on plates allow to fine-tune the overall stiffness of the arms depending on the surface traction or ambient temperatures. The stiffeners are available in 1.0mm, 1.2mm or 1.5mm thickness, equaling softer to harder settings, and as complete sets or as separate pairs for the front or rear of the vehicle.
View the front and rear sets here
Samix have introduced new 6mm and 8mm aluminium wheel hex adapters for the Traxxas TRX-4 trail truck. Coming as separate 4-piece sets the adapters are made of high-qualify CNC-machined aluminium and they are available in the three different colours of silver, gun metal or black. Using the adapters allows to fine-tune the track width on Traxxas’ popular truck and they are a direct fit using the stock hardware.
Coming from Tamiya are two new ready-to-run XB series kits in the form of the Team Hahn Racing MAN TGS Euro race truck and the Conghead 6×6 monster truck. The MAN TGS builds on the proven TT-01 Type-E chassis and it comes factory assembled and including a pre-painted and pre-decorated body shell. The specifications are identical to the kit version, however the XB variant also includes a 2.4GHz radio system, steering servo, receiver, speed controller as well as a NiMH battery and a wall charger. The same items can also be found in the 1/18 scale Conghead 6×6 package with the 6-wheeler monster truck also coming with a pre-painted and pre-decorated body shell. The vehicle builds on the G6-01 chassis and both trucks will hit stores sometime in August.
View the Conghead 6×6 truck here
